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From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: random() (was Re: New GUC to sample log queries)
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In response to Re: random() (was Re: New GUC to sample log queries)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: random() (was Re: New GUC to sample log queries)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 12:19 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Replacing random() might actually make that easier not harder, since
> we'd have more control over what happens when.

That does seem useful. I'm in favor. But why does the function to seed
the internal PRNG have to be loadable? Can't it just be
superuser-only?

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Peter Geoghegan

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